DaimlerChrysler Talks With Volvo
About Buying Its Mitsubishi Stake

By

Scott Miller Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 8, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

FRANKFURT -- DaimlerChrysler AG has started negotiations with AB Volvo about buying the Swedish truck maker's stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a transaction that would have far-reaching implications for two other alliances.

People familiar with the situation said that should a deal between Daimler and Volvo be reached, the German-American vehicle maker could reconsider terms of a 50-50 bus-and-truck joint venture it is preparing with...